On Friday night I manged to spot a lovely noctilucent cloud display around 23:30BST. The star is Capella.
Beautiful Noctilucent clouds 21st June 2019 around 23:30 by Alexandra Hart, on Flickr
2019-06-20 animation by Alexandra Hart, on Flickr
Then since Saturday I am a bit sleep deprived learning deep sky imaging but I did manage to roll out of bed and take these around 11am this morning. It was very hot and bad seeing.
Coronado 90mm (CaK and H alpha) / 1.6x Barlow / FLIR Grasshopper 3
2019-06-25 CaK solar full disc f colour by Alexandra Hart, on Flickr
2019-06-25 Halpha solar full disc f colour by Alexandra Hart, on Flickr
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Re: All things nice
Lovely cloud sequence.
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Superb, especially the animation. No darkness here for a few weeks but I guess there might be NLCs....
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Re: All things nice
Beautiful images, Alexandra.
I kicked myself for missing the view that night. The sky was clear...absolutely cloud free, but I didn’t hang around long enough to see these develop. I kept checking 30-60 minutes after sunset, but I should have been more patient like you were. Maybe there will be another chance later this week if the clear skies return.
May I ask, what camera settings did you use for the NLCs?
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I kicked myself for missing the view that night. The sky was clear...absolutely cloud free, but I didn’t hang around long enough to see these develop. I kept checking 30-60 minutes after sunset, but I should have been more patient like you were. Maybe there will be another chance later this week if the clear skies return.
May I ask, what camera settings did you use for the NLCs?
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Re: All things nice
Thanks guys
Stuart, they were quite bright, ISO200 and 0.62 sec. You need to check between 23:00 and 0:00, and between 2:00-4:00, this is when I have seen them.
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Stuart, they were quite bright, ISO200 and 0.62 sec. You need to check between 23:00 and 0:00, and between 2:00-4:00, this is when I have seen them.
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Great pictures Alexandra! Looks like you're having a lot of fun!
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Stunning images of the noctilucent cloud Alexandra.
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Re: All things nice
Hi Alexandra,
Good captures (and animation). I noticed these as well on Friday and it was indeed spectacular. For a short time these were even visible (very bright) almosts straight up. (Maybe 20 minutes, then only at lower degrees) Had no camera within reach. Pitty
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Good captures (and animation). I noticed these as well on Friday and it was indeed spectacular. For a short time these were even visible (very bright) almosts straight up. (Maybe 20 minutes, then only at lower degrees) Had no camera within reach. Pitty
Regards,
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